itkGaussianKernelFunction.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkGaussianKernelFunction.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2002/01/15 18:56:37 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.3 $

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  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.

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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef _itkGaussianKernelFunction_h
#define _itkGaussianKernelFunction_h

#include "itkKernelFunction.h"
#include "vnl/vnl_math.h"

namespace itk
{

class ITK_EXPORT GaussianKernelFunction : public KernelFunction
{
public:
  typedef GaussianKernelFunction Self;
  typedef KernelFunction Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>  Pointer;

  itkNewMacro(Self); 

  itkTypeMacro(GaussianKernelFunction, KernelFunction); 

  inline double Evaluate (const double& u) const
    { return ( exp( -0.5 * vnl_math_sqr( u ) ) * m_Factor ); }

protected:
  GaussianKernelFunction(){};
  ~GaussianKernelFunction(){};
  void PrintSelf(std::ostream& os, Indent indent) const
    { Superclass::PrintSelf( os, indent ); }  

private:
  GaussianKernelFunction(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented

  static const double m_Factor;

};

} // namespace itk

#endif

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